Takatsuki City JR Takatsuki Station, the nearest station to the New Kansai Shogi Center, and its surroundings are all about shogi

Takatsuki City press release (2024.11.14) Takatsuki City JR Takatsuki Station, the nearest station to the New Kansai Shogi Center, and its surroundings are all filled with shogi Decoration inside the station from November 16th In conjunction with the grand opening of the New Kansai Shogi Hall on Tuesday, December 3, 2020, Takatsuki City is collaborating with JR West Japan to open JR Takatsuki Station, the nearest station to the new hall, in order to further enliven the opening of the new hall. Decorations related to shogi will be placed on the platform and around the station to promote the idea of ​​“Takatsuki, the town of shogi.” The decorations will be available for viewing from Saturday, November 16th.
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Shogi-themed decorations will be placed in front of the central ticket gate, on the wall of the station platform, next to the ticket machine, on the ceiling of the underground entrance, and on the walls of buildings and boundary fences located around the station. On the floor in front of the central ticket gate is a 4.8 meter tall and 4.2 wide wall with the messages “Let’s start from here to the future of shogi” and “Together with the Kansai Shogi Hall, this town and shogi will take a new step forward.” Decorate meters. In addition, on the walls of the station platforms heading towards Osaka and Kyoto, there are works by Sota Fujii Ryuo Meijin and Takumi Ito.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/118013/502/118013-502-6dd58ea7b429618a8a02682eb996f0c4-386×128.png A decoration featuring a dignified and powerful design of 12 shogi players, including title holders such as Eio, has been released. Furthermore, on the boundary fence around the station, there is a design showing a total of 27 female shogi players and shogi players belonging to the Kansai headquarters of the Japan Shogi Federation playing against each other, as well as a design that shows a total of 27 female shogi players playing against each other. There will also be decorations introducing initiatives such as distributing shogi pieces made from wood from Takatsuki to all first-year students and holding the Takatsuki Shogi Festival. The decorations will be available for viewing from Saturday, November 16, 2020. When you come to our city, please take a look at the new initiatives of “Shogi Town Takatsuki”.